Principal Network Engineer (5010) (US, DC, Tampa, San Antonio) (Secret)

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Compensation

$158,500 - $247,600/year

Tampa, FL; United States; Washington, DC

Hybrid

Posted March 30, 2026

Job Description

The SMX Space and Intelligence (S&I) Business Unit (BU) is on the ground floor across the future remote sensing ecosystem for all orbital regimes (LEO, MEO, HEO, and GEO). We build, integrate, and operationally support our customer's emerging space-ground systems to include real-time data processing frameworks, sensor data processing, and data visualization. We are teamed with the most passionate companies in industry, dedicated to bringing best-of-breed capabilities to address our customers most pressing needs.

We are looking for an amazing Sr. Network Architect to join our energetic team. Successful applicants will bring deep experience with network engineering, a readiness to work hands-on keyboard to solve challenging network problems, a strong collaborative spirit, experience successfully mentoring junior team members, superior problem-solving skills, a passion for security and data protection, and a clear focus on supporting customer needs.

Work will be performed in Colorado. Please apply to this role if you have interest in relocating to Colorado.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Design and deploy highly performant, secure data center networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN) as a member of product teams and corporate infrastructure teams
Configure and install, routers, and other network devices
Monitor key network indicators (e.g., network performance, device health, status, integrity, etc.)
Resolve issues escalated by lower service desk tiers by troubleshooting deployed, cloud, and local infrastructure
Automate tasks and monitor their effectiveness
Mentor team members on technical issues
Create, oversee, and test security measures (e.g., access authentication and disaster recovery)
Communicate with users to design and field optimal solutions
Design and implement solutions to deliver superior network performance, capacity and scalability
Maintain complete technical documentation
Other duties as assigned

Required Skills & Experience

Secret clearance
8+ years of industry experience as a Network Engineer or Network Administrator
Professional experience in data center network architecture and design using spine-leaf topology.
CCIE (Data Center) or CCNP (CCIE highly preferred)
Proficiency with network security principles, including monitoring, hardening, threat models, common vulnerabilities, and access control models
In-depth understanding of communication protocols (mainly TCP/IP) and routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF)
Experience working with and troubleshooting OSI network layers for TCP/IP networks, via physical and software-based diagnostics and tools
Experience planning, deploying, and troubleshooting WAN, firewalls, LAN, DNS, VLANs, static and dynamic IP addressing, remote and point to point VPNs in on premises, cloud and hybrid environments such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
Working knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SANs) Experience with Dell or legacy Brocade switches is a plus
Experience configuring networks using a Fibre Channel Switch Fabric topology
Familiarity with application layer network and firewall configuration in Linux and VMware systems
Hands on experience with TACACS, Radius, authentication services and servers.
Experience with network diagnostic, monitoring and analysis tools (e.g., Sola